Cowart & how P avoids the postmodern problem with history (Fredric Jameson)

[Paul Mackin]

On 7/25/2012 2:10 PM, alice wellintown wrote:
> speaking of misreadings, I must admit that I ca not follow Cowart here
> on page 23 where he sets out to define or describe  how P devised a
> genre that somehow fits into our postmodern realism. the allusion to
> johnson and kicking a stone, as I read it, is Cowart;s own bit of
> sophistry.   a rather critical point is muddled by the allusion.
> anyone?
>
I see what you're saying.  Kicking the stone may have relevance to one 
kind of realism, but not to the literary variety.

P